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Athens library hosts Lusitania talk

The Spalding Memorial Library in Athens is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania with the presentation "A Tale of Two Ships" by history-enthusiast David Fortune at 6:30 p.m. at the

The Spalding Memorial Library in Athens is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania with the presentation "A Tale of Two Ships" by history-enthusiast David Fortune at 6:30 p.m. at the library.

History books remember the sinking of the of the Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, on May 7, 1915 as the event that sparked U.S. involvement in World War I. Though the sinking of the British ocean liner happened two years before the United States entered the war, the event played a pivotal role in swaying public opinion against Germany.

The discussion of Lusitania includes the relationship between another ill-fated ocean liner, the Titanic. The presentation was inspired by Erik Larson's recent best-seller Dead Wake.